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1 ?4 o. |- e1 k* q* u- g% sBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 1 \" D0 \& ?) r6 Z. \! z' B: z2 T
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
7 [6 Z- B0 r% V7 g1 _, `companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of ' Y. Q; t" F7 @
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
% u' ]9 O; \  w) l2 Mcrude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
, D2 a. ^2 V0 H$ y; G0 TEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils * {* b+ A) p2 ?

; K9 J% Q* j) [9 y" I0 HRecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few * o4 L. X7 t; p9 v9 ~& y/ K
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
2 f+ A  T0 _9 aA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
$ j# B% }. d8 ~2 I9 Cleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. % w$ Q# ~+ C, l) W
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. d$ z( \/ K2 V, ~( A% g, XThere are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
6 a1 f& |' T" f; \7 gof so much news. These reasons are: 9 T8 p& Y1 m- B' ]+ ?3 I/ |: y# m

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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and ; w3 d# _5 @* q
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than 6 r. i5 L, u: |7 o' O
Arabia. " K, P, E' H$ k$ w. g

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6 q( A/ t6 `7 ?5 H# C* y2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. / `9 ?& M! N8 y* [) f
This is the largest find in North America.
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6 H8 p$ d) L% o% q3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is # P3 ~3 W8 A% M, p5 n; {
being used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio + }2 s* h* T! Z  X( m# R
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
% k% a9 w! L4 P& o! @0 kpotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are 9 w2 G: G# F  Y# n
racing to produce bio fuels. : W: U2 ]1 O; v
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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants
! g2 d; S7 m; n, O6 Mare now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, 4 @8 v8 t" @# X
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat ' y, R- c9 P# W! w
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
. x, P/ Z8 c' m/ T0 ?producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat. + ^+ o3 C! Q. i, D
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6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
0 y; J  m& t( K  j. Wconstruction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are # V! D) E+ d4 K/ k
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce
1 ?: q/ S2 _' q2 Y( G$ l6 v/ z) cwill replace oil. ' U* C% u, r) U4 m) Z
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9 Q9 b2 Z3 A# I+ R2 R* X6 l- }7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing $ @7 m! |5 W) L* ]! A1 \5 @; [
older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
* W- H" x5 S! i: ]$ rwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies # u, h6 I2 Y, _
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new 8 R) G' [5 X" K0 N& ?
equipment.
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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio- " O" {& T+ c+ m3 p" ]( K+ I
fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.   \% ~3 T- ^' f  T; D3 N1 g$ k
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5 h5 n9 R5 U8 P7 d. X* H8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
0 C* P) G6 X6 L0 bcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
1 o6 N6 Z5 g2 F; i4 I! iavailable at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
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$ E' o- o! g* \9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
% S* R2 H' F2 v( k, iproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into   [+ U4 [8 u2 L  w3 y" @
oil wells.
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy ) E5 D0 U0 G  k+ r
source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. 3 l% ^  G% H3 t3 k' w4 J! @8 m
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; f, g9 [6 d* d% fEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the / m; l6 l/ I. x, V* b
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world & f; m: Y: l3 N" D: g5 x9 H
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability # P& T2 ?' I" K3 q  C/ h
to control oil prices. " s' b' l$ [) E  m5 S

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- e" B5 n( N: X- C# BWith the above scenario, I still believe that there are under - ]  [  F" C, t8 T' Q; M* [
performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified 1 C% t3 p- B9 }
value .....
4 \( G7 `, s& o9 eIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ... 0 X& a9 o- U: e" Q# C

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  J: U) l" h0 I3 a8 M  ]  EThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
0 k4 }: Y7 R+ o  i8 S; e6 u4 ^2009 ... FYI-Only
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